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And it is no less true, that personal security and private propert

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

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A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. – Joseph Story

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Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain. – Ray Kurzweil

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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. – Laurence Sterne

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Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. – Joey Adams

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